When is the June 6th Festival in 2018? What kind of festival is Juneteenth?
China has a long history and cultural heritage, and many cultures have been carried forward and passed down to this day. The sixth day of the sixth lunar month is one of them. The Buyi people even call it the Little New Year. The Fortune Teller website has carefully compiled detailed information about the sixth lunar month of 2018. If you want to know about the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of the sixth lunar month, come to Mr. Shui Mo!When is the June 6th Festival in 2018?July 18, 2018, the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, Wednesday;Although the folk activities of Tianfu Festival have been gradually forgotten by people, they still remnants in some places. People in Dongtai County, Jiangsu Province, congratulate each other in the morning on this day and eat cake crumbs made of flour, sugar and oil. There is a saying that "On June 6th, eat cake crumbs to grow weight." There is also a proverb that goes "On June 6th, every family displays red and green things during the sun." "Red and green" refers to all kinds of colorful clothes. The second sentence of this proverb is also known as "Every household dries the dragon robes". There is an explanation for this in Yangzhou, which says that when Emperor Qianlong was on tour in Yangzhou, it happened to rain heavily and his outer clothes got soaked. It was difficult to borrow clothes from the common people to replace them, so he had to wait for the rain to stop and dry the wet clothes before wearing them again. That day happened to be June 6th, hence the saying of "drying the dragon robes". In the Jiangnan region, after the plum rain season, clothes hidden at the bottom of the box are prone to mold. Taking them out and drying them in the sun can prevent them from rotting. In addition, there is an interesting thing about bathing cats and dogs, which is called "June 6th, cats and dogs take a bath together." What kind of festival is Juneteenth?Tianfu Festival <br /> June 6 is also called "Tianfu Festival" (贶 means gift), which originated from Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty, Zhao Heng. On June 6 of a certain year, he claimed that God had given him a heavenly book, so he designated that day as Tianfu Festival and built a grand Tianfu Hall in the Dai Temple at the foot of Mount Tai. Although the folk activities of Tianfu Festival have been gradually forgotten by people, they still remnants in some places. In many places in Jiangsu, the whole family, young and old, congratulate each other in the morning on this day and eat a kind of fried noodles made of flour, sugar and oil. There is a saying that "On June 6th, eat cake crumbs to grow meat." It seems that fried noodles and "cake crumbs" should have the same meaning.It is also said that the Tianfu Festival originated in Yingzhou during the Song Dynasty. Song Shenzong was an emperor who was superstitious about gods and immortals. Legend has it that when he was the crown prince in Yingzhou, on June 6 of one year, he told others that in his dream, gods gave him a heavenly book, and after reading it he would become emperor. In the third year, he really became emperor. For this reason, he designated this day as Tianfu Festival and renamed Yingzhou to Shunchang, implying a place of rapid success. But as time went by, this festival gradually disappeared, and was replaced by "Sunning the Fu". In folks, practical people use the good sunshine on this day to dry clothes, bedding and other items to prevent them from getting moldy, so it is also called "Sunning the Fu". Tianci Festival <br /> In many places in China, "June 6th" is called "Tianci Festival". Legend has it that Tang Monk finally obtained the true Buddhist scriptures from the West after going through eighty-one tribulations, but on his way back he accidentally dropped the Buddhist scriptures into the sea, so Tang Monk had to fish them out and dry them. Originally this was just a legend, but the ancients believed that the day when Tang Monk dried the Buddhist scriptures was the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, and therefore named this day "Tianci Festival", meaning that on this day "God bestowed Buddhist scriptures to save all living beings." The June 6th Clothes Drying Festival has a long history in China. It is also known as the "Insect Drying Festival", which means killing insects with the sun so that clothes will not be infested with insects. Washing and Drying Festival <br /> The sixth day of the sixth lunar month is known as the "Washing and Drying Festival" among the people. There is a saying that "on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, cats and dogs take a bath together." Pan Rongbi of the Qing Dynasty wrote in "The Chronicles of the Capital's Sui Shi Sheng": On this day, "the imperial carriages and ceremonial objects, as well as the poems, essays, and classics written by the emperors of all dynasties, were dried in the sun in the palace, the Imperial Archives, and other places. The clothes, hats, belts, and shoes of the gentry and commoners were also dried in the sun. Many women washed their hair on this day, saying that it would not be greasy or dirty. As for mules, horses, cats, dogs, and other livestock, they also bathed in the river." There is an old saying in Zixing, Hunan, "On the sixth day of the sixth month, get a bubble and grow a piece of meat", which means that washing and drying on this day will bring many benefits. The June 6th Clothes Drying Festival has a long history in China. It is also known as the "Insect Drying Festival", which means killing insects with the sun so that clothes will not be infested with insects. Since ancient times, officials have dried their official robes, scholars have dried their books, and monks have dried their scriptures. On this day in old Shanghai, tailors from all over the city gathered at the City God Temple to dry clothes and wash sacred flags for the City God. After these tasks are completed, people can also go to the square temple fair to shop and go to the theater to watch plays. This activity was held on the seventh day of the seventh month during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Liu Yiqing's "A New Account of Tales of the World" said: "On the seventh day of the seventh month, people in northern Ruan Province hang clothes out to dry. All of them are made of gauze, silk, brocade and silk. Zhongrong (Ruan Xian's pen name) hangs a large cloth apron in the middle of the courtyard with a pole. Some people are surprised, but he replies: I am not immune to the customs, so I am just telling you." Usually in June and July of the lunar calendar, just after the plum rain, it is a good time to dry clothes, quilts, books, shoes and socks. Drying clothes in the sun can remove mold and prevent moth damage, so drying clothes is also known as "drying clothes to dry mold." Sutra Drying Festival <br /> Legend has it that when Tang Monk returned from the West with Buddhist scriptures, his scriptures fell into the river, so he quickly fished them out to dry. That day was June 6, so later on, temples used June 6 as the day to dry scriptures, and it was called the "Sutra Drying Festival." Temples and Taoist temples of all sizes across the country will hold a "Scripture Drying Meeting" on this day, laying out all the stored scriptures to dry in the sun to prevent the scriptures from getting damp, being eaten by insects and being bitten by rats. For example, the Sutra Library of Baiyun Temple in old Beijing houses more than 5,000 volumes of Taoist scriptures. From the first to the seventh day of June every year, Baiyun Temple holds a Sutra-drying Party. At that time, Taoists, dressed neatly, burning incense and holding candles, take out all the "Taoist Canons" in the Sutra Library to ventilate and dry them in the sun. |
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